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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in North Dakota

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in North Dakota in 2008, 53.3% to 44.6%, a margin of 8.6 points and 27,323 votes.

North Dakota voted 15.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when George W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Cass, cast 71,419 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.1 points. The closest was Eddy, where 35 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John McCain won Republican 168,601 53.3%
Barack Obama Democratic 141,278 44.6%
All other candidates 6,742 2.1%
Total316,621

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 37,622 52.7% 32,566 45.6% 1,231 71,419 D+7.1
Burleigh 15,600 37.3% 25,443 60.9% 729 41,772 R+23.6
Grand Forks 16,104 51.7% 14,520 46.6% 529 31,153 D+5.1
Ward 10,144 39.6% 15,061 58.8% 416 25,621 R+19.2
Morton 5,079 38.3% 7,869 59.3% 316 13,264 R+21.0
Stark 3,802 34.3% 7,024 63.5% 244 11,070 R+29.1
Stutsman 4,056 41.5% 5,499 56.2% 229 9,784 R+14.7
Williams 2,921 31.2% 6,291 67.1% 161 9,373 R+36.0
Richland 3,513 46.4% 3,900 51.6% 150 7,563 R+5.1
Barnes 2,741 48.1% 2,826 49.6% 127 5,694 R+1.5
Walsh 2,325 47.6% 2,415 49.5% 142 4,882 R+1.8
Ramsey 2,314 48.6% 2,361 49.6% 87 4,762 R+1.0
McLean 1,867 39.4% 2,767 58.4% 102 4,736 R+19.0
Rolette 3,403 75.1% 1,045 23.0% 86 4,534 D+52.0
Mercer 1,476 33.6% 2,789 63.4% 132 4,397 R+29.9
Traill 2,136 52.9% 1,845 45.7% 60 4,041 D+7.2
Bottineau 1,387 39.4% 2,059 58.6% 70 3,516 R+19.1
Pembina 1,494 45.2% 1,722 52.1% 91 3,307 R+6.9
Mountrail 1,477 50.3% 1,406 47.9% 55 2,938 D+2.4
McKenzie 933 34.4% 1,740 64.1% 42 2,715 R+29.7
Dickey 1,044 39.8% 1,525 58.2% 51 2,620 R+18.4
Ransom 1,371 56.4% 998 41.0% 64 2,433 D+15.3
McHenry 981 40.6% 1,374 56.9% 61 2,416 R+16.3
Wells 841 35.4% 1,468 61.8% 68 2,377 R+26.4
Benson 1,569 66.1% 773 32.6% 32 2,374 D+33.5
LaMoure 868 38.7% 1,310 58.5% 63 2,241 R+19.7
Pierce 792 37.0% 1,301 60.8% 46 2,139 R+23.8
Cavalier 930 43.7% 1,128 53.0% 72 2,130 R+9.3
Sargent 1,115 57.9% 778 40.4% 34 1,927 D+17.5
Emmons 546 29.7% 1,230 67.0% 61 1,837 R+37.2
Nelson 907 51.8% 800 45.7% 45 1,752 D+6.1
Foster 687 41.6% 914 55.4% 50 1,651 R+13.7
Dunn 527 32.1% 1,080 65.7% 37 1,644 R+33.6
Bowman 478 29.1% 1,107 67.5% 55 1,640 R+38.4
McIntosh 579 37.8% 916 59.8% 37 1,532 R+22.0
Sioux 1,145 83.1% 215 15.6% 18 1,378 D+67.5
Hettinger 406 30.1% 893 66.2% 49 1,348 R+36.1
Renville 505 37.5% 799 59.4% 42 1,346 R+21.8
Grant 280 21.1% 587 44.2% 462 1,329 R+23.1
Griggs 598 45.5% 682 51.9% 34 1,314 R+6.4
Adams 435 34.2% 788 62.0% 48 1,271 R+27.8
Kidder 422 34.4% 752 61.2% 54 1,228 R+26.9
Towner 621 51.9% 536 44.8% 40 1,197 D+7.1
Eddy 583 50.0% 548 47.0% 34 1,165 D+3.0
Divide 464 41.0% 630 55.7% 37 1,131 R+14.7
Logan 299 28.3% 726 68.7% 32 1,057 R+40.4
Oliver 332 31.9% 682 65.6% 26 1,040 R+33.7
Steele 614 59.5% 404 39.1% 14 1,032 D+20.3
Burke 286 30.3% 640 67.9% 17 943 R+37.5
Golden Valley 210 24.0% 642 73.4% 23 875 R+49.4
Sheridan 229 28.5% 555 69.1% 19 803 R+40.6
Billings 114 22.8% 375 75.2% 10 499 R+52.3
Slope 106 25.8% 297 72.3% 8 411 R+46.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)